Deleting a Manual Backup¶
Scenarios¶
You can delete manual backups for instances and tables to release storage space.
Deleted manual backups cannot be recovered. Exercise caution when performing this operation.
Automated backups cannot be manually deleted.
Backups that are being restored cannot be deleted.
To delete a backup, you must log in to the account that the backup belongs to.
Procedure¶
Log in to the management console.
Click
in the upper left corner and select a region and project.Click
in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > GaussDB. The GaussDB console is displayed.In the navigation pane on the left, choose Backups. On the displayed page, locate the manual backup to be deleted and click Delete in the Operation column.
Alternatively, on the Instances page, click the instance name to go to the Basic Information page. On the Backups page, locate the backup you want to delete and click Delete in the Operation column.
Click Yes.
After the backup is deleted, it will not be displayed on the Backups page.